Najib's house arrest order has four conditions, including movement and communication limits

Thursday 12 Nov 2026

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The conditional pardon order placing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak under house arrest contains four conditions imposed by the Pardons Board, alongside additional supervision and control requirements set by the Prisons Department, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Speaking in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday, Saifuddin said the four conditions cover restrictions on residence and association, movement and visits, the use of telephones and telecommunication devices, and compulsory participation in rehabilitation and intervention programmes.

Among other conditions, the Pardons Board's order specified that Najib must serve his house arrest at No 11, Jalan Langgak Duta, and is not permitted to move to another house, building or premises without prior written permission.

Najib is also prohibited from living with anyone other than his immediate family, comprising his wife, children, sons- and daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, unless prior written approval is obtained.

Visitors are likewise not permitted without written authorisation, Saifuddin said.

Under the communication restrictions, Najib is only allowed to use telephones and telecommunication devices registered with the Prisons Department. The devices are intended to enable prison authorities to verify that he is at his residence.

He is also prohibited from appearing in media coverage or on social media platforms, making statements or comments to the media, attending public functions or participating in political activities.

Saifuddin said the Prisons Department was also authorised under the Prisons Act to impose additional conditions governing supervision, control, instructions and procedures.

These conditions were read out to Najib two days before he was released from prison and transferred to his residence in Jalan Langgak Duta, he said.

Any breach of the house arrest conditions would result in Najib being immediately returned to Kajang Prison or another prison designated by the Prisons Department's Commissioner General, Saifuddin said.

Najib began serving the remainder of his prison sentence in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case under house arrest at his residence in Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday, after Umno paid the RM50 million fine required for the house arrest order to be implemented.

He has been imprisoned since August 2022, when the Federal Court upheld his conviction on three counts of criminal breach of trust, three counts of money laundering and one count of abuse of power involving SRC funds.

His original 12-year prison sentence was halved to six years by the Pardons Board in 2024, while his fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million.

In September this year, the King, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, granted Najib a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until Aug 23, 2028, subject to payment of the court-imposed fine.

The house arrest arrangement applies only to his sentence in the SRC case.

It does not cover a separate 15-year prison sentence imposed in December 2025 following his conviction for corruption involving RM2.3 billion in 1MDB funds. Najib is appealing against that conviction.

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Edited ByIsabelle Francis

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